My personal hope is that the T2 will have a D-PN in high 70s, or just below 80. This would be halfway between the H16 and Getaway. Given the T2's sail area to weight ratio of 172 sq ft/388 lbs (0.443), compared to 218 sq ft/320 lbs (0.618) for H16 and 180 sq ft/390 lbs (0.462) for Getaway, this may be a close call.

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My personal hope is that the T2 will have a D-PN in high 70s, or just below 80. This would be halfway between the H16 and Getaway. Given the T2's sail area to weight ratio of 172 sq ft/529 lbs (0.325), compared to 218 sq ft/320 lbs (0.618) for H16 and 180 sq ft/390 lbs (0.462) for Getaway, this may be a close call.

Agree. As it looks, most of the difference is in sail area between T2 and Getaway in jib size. Tatoo has main/jib sail area 140/32. I do not have main/jib area for Getaway, but just looking at the boat picture, jib is relatively large comparing to the main. This seems to be a trend in new cat design: small jib, bigger main, taller mast, and overall better performance as per total sail area. For example, Nacra 500 has main/jib area 152/38 (total 190) as compared with H16 153/55 (total 218). Both H16 and N500 have about the same D-PN.